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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 2, 2026)

India, June 3 -- Stone quarrying near Navi Mumbai cancer hospital Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, in its report to the National Gree... Read More


Record night warming in Delhi worsening heat stress. Here are some policy suggestions

India, June 2 -- Delhi's nights are warming rapidly, with the city recording its hottest night in 14 years at 32.4degC. This signals a sharp decline in post-sunset cooling. A CSE report links this t... Read More


Rethinking conservation: India's striped cats are unevenly distributed

India, June 2 -- This graphic was originally published as part of the cover story Rethinking Conservation in the June 1-15, 2026 print edition of Down To Earth Published by HT Digital Content Service... Read More


Rethinking conservation: Project Tiger may have expanded but funding has not kept pace

India, June 2 -- Over the past five decades, the scale of conservation under Project Tiger has expanded considerably. From nine tiger reserves at its inception, the network grew to 23 reserves by 1997... Read More


Almost 76 per cent of Delhi is persistently heat-stressed in summers, says new CSE report

India, June 2 -- Almost 76 per cent of the national capital is persistently heat-stressed, a condition worsened by the dramatic shrinking of the city's green cover, according to a new report released ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 1, 2026)

India, June 2 -- A joint inspection report found that the Bakriyanwali dump site in Sirsa lacks a proper system for drainage, collection, treatment and disposal of leachate. The report flagged legacy... Read More


The Sunita Narain Show: India's clean energy transition and the new oil shock with rising heat

India, May 30 -- India's energy transition is at a crucial moment. As global oil disruptions reshape energy security, the challenge is no longer whether renewable energy works, but how solar and wind ... Read More


India's Total Fertility Rate is now below replacement level: Centre

India, May 28 -- India's Total Fertility Rate (TFR), the average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime assuming she lives through her reproductive years (15-49 years), has fallen below... Read More


Heat stress increases koala hospitalisation and mortality: Study

India, May 27 -- New research from the University of Sydney in Australia has provided the first associative link between heat stress and koala mortality. The research, published in Biology Letters, h... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 26, 2026)

India, May 27 -- The NGT directed the Municipal Corporation, Lucknow, to take over five ponds within the Omaxe City project and ensure their cleaning, rejuvenation and maintenance. The West Bengal St... Read More